The universe is alive with the sound of music. Humans will find music almost anywhere. We find it in the songs of birds or the long-distance communications of whales. We hear music in the chirping of ...
The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a 'Demon Box.' ...
The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created ...
Recordings are available via Soundcloud and the Google Arts & Culture platform The Metropolitan Museum of Art Have you ever been struck by the irony of exhibiting musical instruments — renowned for ...
Bach never heard his harpsichord make sounds like this. Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar at Rochester Institute of Technology got the chance ...
Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...